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The next day Katarina was excited to work with Saffron again, so she woke up bright and early and practically raced from Uncle Cecil and Aunt Matilda's house across the bridge to the Abbey before sunrise. She found Saffron there in the garden, her mane and tail still braided as she had done after she cooled down from the lunging the day before. She unbraided all the hair and carefully tacked Saffron up under an English saddle and in a simple English bridle with a snaffle bit. She lead Saffron over to a large stone that had fallen from the nave's wall and climbed up and slowly slid onto the saddle, fully expecting Saffron to freak out.
Saffron settled in, lowered her head and stretched out her top line. There was nothing about this new to her except the saddle was much lighter than she was used to. Katarina clicked her tongue and squeezed her legs and Saffron immediately started walking steadily towards the beach to the south.
Saffron's Veritas, Breeding, and Lineage page
Other pictures of Saffron
Other pictures of Katarina
Basic Training:
1. Groundwork .
2. Lunging.
3. Accepting a saddle/rider.
4. First ride.
5. Worst fear discovered.
6. Good/Bad day.
7. Trailer work.
8. Visit from the farrier/vet.
9. Playtime.
10. Final: Discipline training.
Dressage Training:
Rhythm:
Energy- Is your horse moving or is it plodding about sleepily? Let's wake it up! Maybe ride to music?
Tempo- Set the right tempo for your horse. Show us what it can do without you interfering too much.
Circles- Ride some large circles and pay attention to your turns! If needed, you may lunge your horse!
Relaxation:
Leg yielding: Leg yield across the diagonal, on the rail, do shoulder in, travers...
Elasticity: See how responsive your horse is. Keep it in the same rhythm while you ask it to cover more or less ground.
Long and Low: Have the horse stretching its head and neck downwards as to relax the back muscles
Connection and Impulsion:
Accepting the Bit: Combine your seat, legs, and hands to keep a connection with the horse's mouth. It may resist it at first or not.. find out what it does!
Working in an Outline: By now your horse should be able to work in an outline! Show us what you've achieved!
Improve Energy: Whether you're on or off the horse, make it move with a little more impulsion but make sure it doesn't run away from you! The movement should be ground covering and not fast.
Straightness:
Is your horse straight?: This one is really basic. Show us what your horse needs to improve. Is it leaning in or falling out in some paces?
From the Front/Back: Show us your horse walking or trotting towards or away from us. If the horse is straight, ideally, we would only see two of its legs.
Circles- Once again, we're back to circles. You can keep the circles to 10m and spiral out to 20m. Circles are a must in order to improve straightness.
Collection:
Light Shoulders: How light is your horse's forehand? Raise its shoulders in any gait.
Head up, legs in: The horse must be straight while maintaining its poll as the highest point and moving its legs underneath itself. Show us how far you've gotten!
Higher Dressage: Piaffe, Pirouette, Passage... anything that requires the collection to show us what your horse can now do!
Reference used had somehow been transferred from the lunging picture. I need to find them again to give proper credit. Will do as soon as I locate the files on my computer or my backup drive.
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Comments: 4
Hey!
This is a very good drawing! I really love your color choice, and the details you put in the clothes, hair (girl and horse), and the clouds!!
For the overall composition, the mixture of the colors of the sky (which implies that there is a sunset/sunrise) and the lack of extreme shadows/highlights that would be more apparent when the sun is on the horizon (don’t be afraid to really push the lights and darks of your drawings!!). Actually, even though it seems like you have the general shading/ understanding of where the raised/lowered or light/dark parts of everything is, it’s confusing to try and figure out where the light source is coming from. For example, on the butt of the horse, there is a small amount of highlight, which would cause the viewer to think that the but on the front left leg, there seems to be light coming from the left.
And the anatomy of the horse is really good (especially with the angle of the head and how the horse seems to be coming towards the viewer more)! I would just try to add more texture on the fur to make it seem not so smooth. For the girl, she looks a bit off because the legs, arms, and head/neck imply that she is skinny, but the torso/waist area seems too big to fit in the rest of the body.
Good luck on future drawings!!!
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Thank you so much for the comments. They are deeply appreciated.
I agree with you about the shadows. Strong shadows have been a scary thing for me to attempt to do since trying to move from traditional art to digital art. I have made some progress in the two most recent pictures though
As mentioned I am looking for the original references to check on what your talking about with the girl's anatomy. She was pretty much heavily referenced for pose, proportion, and size from a photo, so I'm a little amiss to go as far to say that she is out of proportion, but think it is more to do with angle and age, but again, probably better shadows would help here too. I will compare when I can get my hands back on the original reference files and see if there should be more proportion edits made.
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Hello! I'm Jessica and I'm from ProjectComment to critique your work.
The horse anatomy is just fantastic. I especially love the hair of the mane, tail, and feathered feet. While the hair is very well done, to me it could use a wider range of tone to bring out the amazing details you've created. The muscle of the shoulder right where it connects to the neck does look a bit round in comparison to other horses I've seen of its size.
There is so much light in the entire piece, it doesn't seem to have a lot of depth to it. Darker tones, even in lighter pieces, are necessary to create that 3D feel. I really appreciate that you created more than just one shape of greenery, but right now it does look like everything is on top of each other because of the lack of darker tones. Contrasts is your best friend. If you want to bring something to stand out, make the closest thing a bit darker. I use this on hair when I wish to bring out highlights in a small strand. It'd work well with grass as well.
As for the human anatomy, great job! Seriously that hand is wonderful. Everything thing looks proportional with exception to the jaw line extending to the back of the head when it should end at the ear. She does look a bit hunched over on the horse. That's something I'd except more with a western saddle rather than English. The tack looks great. The sharp bend in the reins gives it a very realistic leather feel to it.
I hope I have helped in some way. You have beautiful work and I hope to see more soon coming to PC. 
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This is very helpful. I am looking for the reference file for the horse to check out what you have said about the shoulder. I agree about the shadows. It is something I have been struggling with since trying to cross over from traditional art. I have made some progress in the two most recent pictures though
I see what you mean about the jaw, though that line wasn't supposed to be the actual jaw, I see why it reads that way and should be adjusted for that reason. She's hunched over for a reason, but the story is a small snippet, that it doesn't get conveyed in the description, but yes, she is not the proper pose for the hard vertical you usually see in english riders.
Thank you for all the comments. I will use them to continue to improve further.
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